‘Secular’ most misused word in Indian politics: HM

Agencies NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 26 Union Home Minister and Deputy Leader of the BJP in Lok Sabha Rajnath Singh on Thursday said Dr. Ambedkar, the principle architect of the Constitution didn’t find it necessary to insert ‘Socialist’ and ‘Secular’ words in the Preamble as he felt it’s already in our basic nature adding that secular is the most misused word in Indian politics. “Dr Ambedkar didn’t find it necessary to insert ‘Socialist’ and ‘Secular’ words in the Preamble because he felt it’s already in our basic nature. If there’s is any word which is being misused in Indian politics, that is ‘Secular’,” Rajnath said, while addressing the Lok Sabha on the first day of the Winter Session of the Parliament. “’Socialist’ and ‘Secular’ these two words were inserted in the Constitution by the members of the constituent assembly based on their collective understanding,” Rajnath added. Rajnath also emphasised on the government’s commitment to women empowerment in the country. “We are committed to 25% reservation in police & para-military forces. We’re committed to Women Empowerment,” Rajnath said.   Rajnath Singh should be sacked, says Rajya Sabha MP IANS PANAJI, NOVEMBER 26 Congress parliamentarian Shantaram Naik on Thursday said union Home Minister Rajnath Singh should be sacked from the central cabinet as he had “violated oath of office by questioning insertion of ‘secular’ word in the Indian constitution”. “Rajnath Singh has violated the oath of office by questioning in his speech in the Lok Sabha the insertion of ‘secular’ word in the constitution,” Naik, Goa’s lone Rajya Sabha member, said in a statement here. Rajnath Singh on Thursday said in parliament that “secular” was a most misused word and was only included in the constitution through the 42nd amendment. “Having violated the oath of office blatantly, Singh has no right to remain in his post. Therefore, he deserves to be dismissed by the President of India, more so because he has given a fillip to unconstitutional views of those who have spread intolerance in the country,” Naik said.